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Secondary · DT9 · Sherborne

The Gryphon School

Bristol Road, Sherborne, DT9 4EQ

SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance94.9%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.06
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1569

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in DT9. Where we have them, council (Dorset) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1569
Free school meals
21.8%
9.7% above district average (12.1%)

Also: Dorset 20.6% · England 25.8%

SEN
11.4%
10.5% below district average (21.9%)

Also: Dorset 18.7% · England 16.5%

EAL
10.4%
6.4% above district average (4%)
Attendance
94.9%
1.6% below district average (96.5%)

Also: Dorset 91.1% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the DT9 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is 2023/24 because the latest year is not published yet. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

11.6%

10.3% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

-0.06

0.06 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

46.7

Same as England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

44.4%

1.8% below England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

66.2%

0.3% above England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

33.3%

7.8% below England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.13

Same as England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 96.9%
    2020/21
  • 93.6%
    2021/22
  • 91.4%
    2022/23
  • 91.2%
    2023/24
  • 92.6%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1374
Pupils on roll
1569

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Dorset page.

SEN support

SEN %
11.4%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · SPLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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  • Methodology · Data updates